Literary Miscellany Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Literature

Name: Literary Miscellany Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Literature
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ISBN: 9781616080952

ISBN-10: 1616080957

ISBN-13: 9781616080952

Edition: 2010

Authors: Alex Palmer

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Literary Miscellany is a breezy tour through the literature oftoday and yesterday, touching on many great classical literaryworks, movements, and trends. But don't fear that it's only forintellectuals'”there's plenty here for the contemporary pleasure reader as well. Alex Palmer offers something for everyone, including answers to the following questions:* What's the original bestseller?* What authors introduced insults as a literary art form?* Who burned the first book?* Are writers more likely to be depressed than booksellers?* How does a book become a movie?* When did sex become part of literature?Most people don't know that the Bible gets credit for plenty oflines that were written by…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/27/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 184
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Alex Palmer has written for the New York Post, Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, the Rumpus, and the Huffington Post, among other publications. He is also the author of Literary Miscellany: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Literature. Find him at: www.alexpalmerwrites.com